suitcase
noun /ˈsuːtkeɪs/
/ˈsuːtkeɪs/
(also case)
- a case with flat sides and a handle, used for carrying clothes, etc. when you are travelling
enlarge image- to pack/unpack a suitcase
Extra ExamplesTopics Holidaysa2- He stuffed a few clothes in a suitcase and left.
- His only possession was a battered old suitcase of clothes.
- She snapped her suitcase shut and stuck on a label.
- The money was smuggled out in a false-bottomed suitcase.
- She checked in her suitcase and went for a coffee.
- The customs officer told him to open his suitcase.
- He got fed up of living out of a suitcase and left his job as a sales rep.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- light
- open
- …
- cram something in/into
- pack
- stuff something in/into
- …
- be crammed with something
- be full of something
- be stuffed with something
- …
- in a/the suitcase
- inside a/the suitcase
